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« on: June 04, 2008, 02:22:16 PM » |
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Does such a thing really not exist?
I'm after a 10 way extension lead, ideally with surge protection, ideally individually switchable, but most importantly with a 3 meter or longer lead on it. I could get away with an 8 way one as 2 devices don't have to be plugged in all the time but it would be nice not to have to unplug things and get leads all tangled up and just be able to switch things off when they aren't being used.
I can find ones with a 2 meter lead but not 3 meters or longer. Anyone know of one?
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Jeewhizz
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 02:41:17 PM » |
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Belkin do a 7 way one... could you not buy two, and plug them both into the wall?
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slaughteredlamb
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2008, 02:53:47 PM » |
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Only have one socket on the wall  |
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Jeewhizz
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2008, 02:58:01 PM » |
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it's a piece of cake to turn it into a double socket  |
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Tanthalas
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2008, 03:05:12 PM » |
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10-way surge protected ones exist - just lengthen the mains cable. I've got a 10-way surge protected one with a 2 metre cable with my computer and other stuff plugged into it.
I'm trying to find out if anyone makes a 20-way one for my entertainment centre.
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slaughteredlamb
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2008, 03:19:49 PM » |
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10-way surge protected ones exist - just lengthen the mains cable.
It looks like that will be my only option as I can't find anything anywhere that has a lead longer than 2m. If you can buy 8,6,4 way gangs with a 3m and even a 4m lead why not a 10 way?  |
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Tanthalas
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« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2008, 03:24:47 PM » |
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10-way surge protected ones exist - just lengthen the mains cable. I've got a 10-way surge protected one with a 2 metre cable with my computer and other stuff plugged into it.
I'm trying to find out if anyone makes a 20-way one for my entertainment centre.
I seriously doubt you'll find anybody making a 20-way one. Mmm. I've seen ones that come close-ish but they're towers - 8 up one side and 8 down the other, for example. I need a flat one. I've run out of plugs again. |
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You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake
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Tanthalas
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« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2008, 03:27:17 PM » |
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These guys will do a 10 gang with any length of cable you like: http://www.powerconnections.co.uk/extensions_uk.htm |
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Shirker
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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2008, 03:50:35 PM » |
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10-way surge protected ones exist - just lengthen the mains cable.
It looks like that will be my only option as I can't find anything anywhere that has a lead longer than 2m. If you can buy 8,6,4 way gangs with a 3m and even a 4m lead why not a 10 way? Just guessing, but the power needed to get a current along a cable increases with cable length. Maybe there's something that with 10 things drawing from it, increasing the cable length goes beyond whatever limit it is governing these things? Voltage? Dunno, but it could be. |
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Tanthalas
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« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2008, 03:57:35 PM » |
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Couple of metres isn't going to make any significant distance on power dissipation/impedence, really. 50 metres, maybe, but anything this short isn't going to be a problem.
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We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead.
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You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake
And the science gets done, and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive
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Whatever
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« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2008, 05:33:46 PM » |
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What's dissipation/impedance got to do with things?
Every cable has a rating and that rating is governed by the size of core and this is then matched to a fuse which is low enough to protect the cable from melting down.
A common method of wiring circuits is as a radial but there is a limit to how many sockets can be put on that radial and how many metres/squared the circuit can be. So length of cable versus amount of sockets can be related.
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